Ladies of Lascaris :: Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War /
The world premiere of the musical stage play Star of Strait Street took place in Valletta on 4 April 2017. It celebrates the life of Christina Ratcliffe, an English singer and dancer who became an aircraft plotter in Malta in the Second World War. She worked in the underground Royal Air Force operat...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The world premiere of the musical stage play Star of Strait Street took place in Valletta on 4 April 2017. It celebrates the life of Christina Ratcliffe, an English singer and dancer who became an aircraft plotter in Malta in the Second World War. She worked in the underground Royal Air Force operational headquarters beneath Lascaris Bastion in Valletta. This is Christina's story and that of other British and Maltese girls employed by the RAF. It is also the story of Philip Glassborow's hit musical Star of Strait Street. In June 1942 fifty-three female civilian plotters worked at Lascaris, some as young as fourteen. Six including Christina were decorated for gallantry. What they did, how they lived and how some of them died is told in part using their own words. Their descriptions of life beneath the most intensive, prolonged bombing the world has ever seen are extraordinary and rare: female perspectives at the heart of military conflict. Described in the Times of Malta in 1942 as 'Christina of George Cross Island', she herself said Malta 'is carved on my heart'. For years after the Second World War in small corner cafés and bars that are such a feature of Malta's towns and villages, people talked about a remarkable RAF photo-recce pilot called Warby and his stunning companion Christina, a true heroine, they said. Yet she died alone and unnoticed and was buried in a shared grave. Now the memory of what she and the LADIES OF LASCARIS achieved has been brought back to life for a well-deserved encore in writing and on the stage. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
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| spelling | McDonald, Paul, author. Ladies of Lascaris : Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / Paul McDonald ; with a foreword by John Rhys-Davies. Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018. 1 online resource (1 volume) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Intro; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Connections; Chapter 2 Dancing Shoes & Stepping Stones; Chapter 3 War; Chapter 4 The Whizz-Bangs; Chapter 5 Heartbreak; Chapter 6 'A Greek God'; Chapter 7 Aircraft Plotter; Chapter 8 Ladies of Lascaris; Chapter 9 Breaking Point; Chapter 10 Spitfire Summer; Chapter 11 Warby's World; Chapter 12 Autumn; Chapter 13 Pour que tu me n'oublie pas completement; Chapter 14 'Carved on my Heart'; Chapter 15 The End of a Quest; Chapter 16 Star of Strait Street; Postscript; Annex A: Ladies of Lascaris -- 1 June 1942 Annex B: Malta's Love Story: Casablanca replayed at The Morning StarAnnex C: Strait Street cabaret performer Christina Ratcliffe celebrated in new book -- 'Words that come Strait from the heart'; Bibliography & Sources Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 31, 2019). The world premiere of the musical stage play Star of Strait Street took place in Valletta on 4 April 2017. It celebrates the life of Christina Ratcliffe, an English singer and dancer who became an aircraft plotter in Malta in the Second World War. She worked in the underground Royal Air Force operational headquarters beneath Lascaris Bastion in Valletta. This is Christina's story and that of other British and Maltese girls employed by the RAF. It is also the story of Philip Glassborow's hit musical Star of Strait Street. In June 1942 fifty-three female civilian plotters worked at Lascaris, some as young as fourteen. Six including Christina were decorated for gallantry. What they did, how they lived and how some of them died is told in part using their own words. Their descriptions of life beneath the most intensive, prolonged bombing the world has ever seen are extraordinary and rare: female perspectives at the heart of military conflict. Described in the Times of Malta in 1942 as 'Christina of George Cross Island', she herself said Malta 'is carved on my heart'. For years after the Second World War in small corner cafés and bars that are such a feature of Malta's towns and villages, people talked about a remarkable RAF photo-recce pilot called Warby and his stunning companion Christina, a true heroine, they said. Yet she died alone and unnoticed and was buried in a shared grave. Now the memory of what she and the LADIES OF LASCARIS achieved has been brought back to life for a well-deserved encore in writing and on the stage. Ratcliffe, Christina, 1914-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007069792 Glassborow, Philip. Star of Strait Street. Great Britain. Royal Air Force History. Ratcliffe, Christina, 1914-1988 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfWVP9rhgxg9fyRjMg3Qq Great Britain. Royal Air Force fast World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Malta. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000440 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Malte. HISTORY Europe Western. bisacsh Military campaigns fast Malta fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJv8HhRJ6rrVCf3FJjkMT3 World War (1939-1945) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939-1945 fast History fast Rhys-Davies, John, writer of foreword. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96011677 has work: Ladies of Lascaris (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFXdQBtDVhxxQJJrfBfMdP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: McDonald, Paul. Ladies of Lascaris. Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018 9781526745453 (OCoLC)1063783271 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1937474 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | McDonald, Paul Ladies of Lascaris : Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / Intro; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Connections; Chapter 2 Dancing Shoes & Stepping Stones; Chapter 3 War; Chapter 4 The Whizz-Bangs; Chapter 5 Heartbreak; Chapter 6 'A Greek God'; Chapter 7 Aircraft Plotter; Chapter 8 Ladies of Lascaris; Chapter 9 Breaking Point; Chapter 10 Spitfire Summer; Chapter 11 Warby's World; Chapter 12 Autumn; Chapter 13 Pour que tu me n'oublie pas completement; Chapter 14 'Carved on my Heart'; Chapter 15 The End of a Quest; Chapter 16 Star of Strait Street; Postscript; Annex A: Ladies of Lascaris -- 1 June 1942 Annex B: Malta's Love Story: Casablanca replayed at The Morning StarAnnex C: Strait Street cabaret performer Christina Ratcliffe celebrated in new book -- 'Words that come Strait from the heart'; Bibliography & Sources Ratcliffe, Christina, 1914-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007069792 Glassborow, Philip. Star of Strait Street. Great Britain. Royal Air Force History. Ratcliffe, Christina, 1914-1988 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfWVP9rhgxg9fyRjMg3Qq Great Britain. Royal Air Force fast World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Malta. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000440 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Malte. HISTORY Europe Western. bisacsh Military campaigns fast |
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| title | Ladies of Lascaris : Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / |
| title_auth | Ladies of Lascaris : Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / |
| title_exact_search | Ladies of Lascaris : Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / |
| title_full | Ladies of Lascaris : Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / Paul McDonald ; with a foreword by John Rhys-Davies. |
| title_fullStr | Ladies of Lascaris : Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / Paul McDonald ; with a foreword by John Rhys-Davies. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ladies of Lascaris : Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / Paul McDonald ; with a foreword by John Rhys-Davies. |
| title_short | Ladies of Lascaris : |
| title_sort | ladies of lascaris christina ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of malta s war |
| title_sub | Christina Ratcliffe and the forgotten heroes of Malta's War / |
| topic | Ratcliffe, Christina, 1914-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007069792 Glassborow, Philip. Star of Strait Street. Great Britain. Royal Air Force History. Ratcliffe, Christina, 1914-1988 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfWVP9rhgxg9fyRjMg3Qq Great Britain. Royal Air Force fast World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Malta. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000440 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Malte. HISTORY Europe Western. bisacsh Military campaigns fast |
| topic_facet | Ratcliffe, Christina, 1914-1988. Glassborow, Philip. Star of Strait Street. Great Britain. Royal Air Force History. Ratcliffe, Christina, 1914-1988 Great Britain. Royal Air Force World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Malta. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Campagnes et batailles Malte. HISTORY Europe Western. Military campaigns Malta History |
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